RV Hot Skin (Exterior electrification)
This past weekend my wife was electrocuted when she stepped onto the trailer steps and grabbed the handrail while in bare feet. She was subsequently thrown from the rig and landed in the grass. She ...
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time2roll wrote:
Some grandfathered items are still worth updating.
The electricity does not care about an exemption... it will still bite just as hard.
Some are, some are not, but in reality one could spend a lot of money on electricians, materials, carpenters, drywall folks following every rabbit hole of changes that do not add safety.
Have had this conversation multiple times with a Brother that is an Architect.. In his world everything must be demoed and replaced with new in order get up to every new standard. He can't understand why Clients tend to balk at his ideas.. All well and good if you are made of money.
Heck even "Knob and Tube" wiring is still in use and grandfathered in old, old buildings. Talk about a very dangerous and scary wiring system where switches and fuses are often on the neutral side and you have runs of potentially bare wires floating about and turning a switch off or removing a fuse leaves you with a still Hot connection.. But it still works and can be still somewhat safe as long as you don't mess with it, add on to it or cover the wires with building insulation.
